The boys and girls of the Coquimbo Region had attractive vacation panoramas.

Ceramics and creativity workshop, children's bookbinding, kinesiology: clinical care, mathematical games and brain problems, and physical and sports activity, was the detail of the programming of this entertaining and educational program titled Children's University 2019.

Like every year, the Directorate of Liaison with the Environment and Extension of the University of La Serena held different workshops focused on boys, girls and young people between 5 and 18 years old. In the activities, the students had the opportunity to see laboratories and spaces of the university courses, and share with academics and students from the ULS.

A peculiarity that was presented this year is that the Kinesiology program, in addition to showing its laboratories, on this occasion decided to provide a clinical experience to the young students, who treated real patients, always guided by the university students and the academic in charge. Edwin Contreras.

“The intention of this version was to introduce those participants of the 2019 version into the pure kinesiology environment, that is, to fulfill the role of the kinesiologist to see if from that perspective, already at an early age, they could engage with the option of being kinesiologists at future We have a lot of support from academics, our students, and our patients who provide constant care throughout the year. We also received a lot of support from the degree program, highlighted Edwin Contreras, Kinesiology academic.

Another of the new workshops that was taught this year was “Children's Binding”, where students had the opportunity to create their own notebooks or notebooks. “I loved working with children, the desire they have to learn, that they are super attentive, and very respectful, trying to do everything well and stand out,” emphasized the DIVEULS designer, Delany Gallardo.

This activity is organized by the Directorate of Liaison with the Environment and Extension in collaboration with different academics from the university and professionals from the institution. 

To find out details and review records of activities, connect through social networks: Facebook centroextensionuls, Twitter @diveuls or on the website extension.userena.cl.

Source: DIVEULS press